Improvement in velocipedes



D.` HNCH'E'I'T,v J. yC. DANEY 8v R. STUART. VELOGIPBDE.

No. 109,408. Patented Nov, 22, 1870.

UNITED` STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL HANOHETT, JOHN c.` DANEY, AND REUBEN STUART, or sMrrHFIELn, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN VELOeresmas.'`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 109,408, dated November 22, 1870.

l'o LEZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known th'at we, DANIEL I-IANoHnTr, JOHN G. DANEY, and REUBEN STUART, of Smitheld, in the county of Fulton, State of Illinois, have invented, joiutly,'certain new and useful Improvements in Propelling Wheeled Vehicles, of which thc following is a specification.

Our invention relates to so applying inotive power of and by Ones self, by means Ofa novel combination of cog-wheels, pawls; ratchet-s, and levers, so as to rapidly propel a four or less .wheeled vehicle upon a common dirt road with good speed and considerable load Or weight.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a View of our invention as applied to a common buggy. Fig. 2. is a double-gear driving-wheel not seen and illustrated in Fig. l.

VA is the frame, upon which is supported and worked the combination, which should be substantiallyniade.

B is the front axle, attached to and revolves with front wheels, D D, by means of pawls and ratchets, hereinafter described.

C C are pawls, attached to inside of hubs of D D bymeans of bolts, and drop rearward in ratchet in axle B, causing, inforward motion, the axle and wheel to be relatively fixed and revolve in common, but backward motion of wheel to be independent of axle, as in common wheel.

D D are front Wheels, and slip on spindle of axle, as usual, and so attached, but revolve in common` with axle, by means of pawls, to hubs and ratchets' in axle, as before described.

E is a cog-Wheel, rm to and revolves with' axle, and working in large drive-wheel G.

G is a large drive cog-wheel Working in an d communicating its motion to cog-wheel E, by which axle B and wheels D D are caused to :revolve in'common.

H H Hare three ratchet-wheels, iirm to axle of and revolve with drive-wheel G. in which ratchets work the forcing-pawls L L L, hereinafter described."

I is a hand-lever, constructed mainly as and for the purpose and to be used as J J, by an assistant, when necessary, with heavy load or other impediment, and removed when not in use, and as readily applied.

J J are footlevers. By their treadle inotionniOt-ive power is appliedA by driver, forcing downward of pawls L L in their ratchets, thereby giving motion to vehicle, the front part being olevis-sh aped, terminating with box to iit over axle of ratchet-wheels H H H, and finished in rear for and with strap over foot, and supported jointly by cord, or otherwise working over pulleys IV W. t

K K are springs attached beneath frO end of and to foot-levers J J, aud-adjusted to support pawls L L, and extending Couveniently back, so as to be thrown out of place by driver, when necessary to drop said pawls clear of their ratchets.

L `L\ L are pawls, substantially' swung on bolts, through clevis end of hand and foot le vers I and J J. Said pawls jut and Work downward into ratchets H HH, and by means of the treadle-motion of `foot-levers?forcing said ratchet-Wheels to revolve, thereby' pro pelling vehicle.

M M are common lever-brakes, conveniently attached to frame A., and applied to front wheels, D D.

N is an upright frame, to support guidingshaft, and should be substantially constructed.

O is the guiding handle and shaft, said shai. conveniently shaped to and ending and work ing to and fro in slot at I), as seen in Fig. 1, for the purpose of directing vehicle, with aid P is a V-shaped lever ending. at junction of arms in a prolongated slot, to receive lower end of guiding-shaft O, with diverging arms attached to axle R, thereby guiding hind wheels, U U.

Q is a common sand-board attachedtonxle B and supporting-fralne A.

It is the hind axle of vehicle.

Sis the fifth-Wheel, as in common use in buggies, applied to hind axle.

T T are extended supports to seat of driver...

U U are hind wheels. By their inotionto 1 Vthe right or left, by action of shaft; O, the HH, substantiallyasand forthepurpose herecourse of vehicle is changed as desired. inbefrc set forth.

V V are pulleys for double-gear guiding :1pparatps. (Not. seen in Fig. l.) DANIEL HANCHET'I.

WW' are pulleys supporting jointly by cord JOHN C. 1DANEY. v y' 1 y 11S goipsisfegeud for com emeutly xs mkmg REUBEN X STUART.

We claim as our invention-L- man The combination, with d.rve-wheel G im Witnesses: its axle, of ha ucl-lever I and foot-levers J J, A ELWOOD T. ZOLMAN, with their pay '1s L L L and ratchet-wheels H JOSEPH A. TUSSING. 

